Wine Tourism

Timetable

JUNE

Module aim (aims)

Practical field trip to southern Moravia (Czech Republic)

• Presentation of the traditional and modern wine production in Central Europe in the geo-science perspective.

• Focus on the environmental factors (wine-yards geography, geology, climate, relief, soil cover) affecting cultivation and production of particular red and white wine sorts

• Wine tourism (eno-tourism) as a segment of the present environmental tourism industry

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

The lecture is recommended to both the Erasmus as well as the Polish students of geosciences, ecology, tourism and international socio-economic and cultural studies• Student’s ppt. presentations (in English).

Syllabus

Field trip to the wine growing regions of southern Moravia

 

1:         Introduction: Wine and environment (background, significance)

 

2:         History of wine production, Viticulture              

 

3:         Environmental context of wine production (geography, climate, geology, soils, hydrology)

 

4:         Wine and geography: Central Europe 1 (Moravia/Czech Republic)

 

5:         Wine and cultural heritage

 

6:         Selected thematic lectures / Students’ presentations

Reading list

Bisson. L.F. et  al. (2002). Present and future of the international wine industry. Nature 418, 696-699. Dougherty, P.H. (2012). The Geography of Wine: Regions, Terroir and Techniques. Springer, 245p.

Getz, D. (2000). Explore Wine Tourism: Management, Development and Destinations. University of Calgary Press, 255p.

Gladstones, J. (1992). Viticulture and Environment. Wine Titles. Underdale. 310p. Greenough, J. et al. (2005). Geology and Wine. Geoscience Canada 32(3), https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/2712

Hall, C.M. et al. (2009). Wine tourism around the world: development, management and markets, Oxford Press, 348p.

Maltaman, A. (2008). The Role of Vineyard Geology in Wine Typicity. Journal of Wine Research 19(1), 1-17. Nelson, M. (2006). The barbarian’s Beverage: A history of Beer in Ancient Europe. Taylor & Francis Press.

Taber, G.M. (2009). In Search of Bacchus: Wanderings in the Wonderful World of Wine Tourism. Simon &Schuster Press.

White, R.E. (2003). Soils for Fine Wines. OxfordUniversity Press. 283p